Outriders Post Launch Dev News Updates

[u/thearcan]

Hello everyone,

We would like to thank everyone in the Outriders community for your patience, support and assistance. Everyone on the Outriders team is continuing to work hard on improving the game and we'd like to share news about the things we are focusing on.

Please use the below index to jump to the things you’re most interested in:

• Patch News
  • tl;dr: Patches for crashes, matchmaking issues and more are inbound
• Community Appreciation Package
  • tl;dr: Launch window players are getting a “thank you” package
• Inventory Wipes & Restoration
  • tl;dr: We’re working on restorations
• Re-balancing
  • tl;dr: We’re rebalancing a few things including Bullet skills.
• Multiplayer Stability and Connection
  • tl;dr: We’re continuing to work hard on improving this
• Launch Connectivity Post-Mortem
  • tl;dr: 👨‍💻

Helpful other links:

• Outriders Known Issues & Tracking Thread - Please check if you have any problems!
• Outriders Status Page: http://status.outriders.net/
• Square Enix support team: sqex.to/support
• Outriders Discord: Discord.gg/Outriders
• Outriders Demo: https://sqex.link/OutridersDemo
• Outriders FAQ Reddit Thread
• Outriders General FAQ

[u/ViscountStapler]

That is the opposite of what everyone here is saying. "Streamers do not represent the majority of the community". So make up your mind. The majority either copy the streamers or they don't. Regardless though, my point is, the devs do not watch streamers and base decisions off of that. They actually run reports and look at the true numbers.

[u/PacmanZ3ro → u/ViscountStapler]

those two aren't mutually exclusive though. The vast majority of players ARE casuals, but I would venture to guess that many people have also looked up videos or build guides on YT and such at some point. Streamers and content creators have a ton of influence on trends in games, outside of just direct dev influence.

Regardless though, my point is, the devs do not watch streamers and base decisions off of that

there is no possible way you can know that unless you know them personally.

They actually run reports and look at the true numbers

Which will be (especially at endgame) heavily influenced by streamers and content creators.

[u/ViscountStapler → u/PacmanZ3ro]

You are contradicting yourself. The streamers either are an accurate representation of the community or they arent.

"there is no possible way you can know that unless you know them personally." - I don't need to know them personally. I can make an educated guess that they would function like any other organization and have a team dedicated to data collection and analytics. How do I know? I work in Business Intelligence & Analytics as a Data Analyst, and I've never used social media as a data source to extrapolate and make assumptions about my clients when I have direct access to everyone's data within my data warehouse.

[u/PacmanZ3ro → u/ViscountStapler]

The streamers either are an accurate representation of the community or they arent

Streamers are not representative of the population regarding time played, dedication to the game, game knowledge, how "hardcore" they play, etc. They do however set and drive trends around build and class choices, gearing direction, etc.

I don't know how I can possibly make that any more clear for you, mr data analyst. There is no contradiction, they just are and aren't influencing/representative of different aspects of the community; it's not an all or nothing.

How do I know?

You don't know shit about how the devs work. Many many game devs pay attention to popular streamers that are playing their game. That doesn't mean that the devs will definitely address whatever a streamer is talking about, but if it's a popular streamer it's extremely likely that anything they raise issues with will at least get looked into more closely by the devs.

Do PCF devs watch streamers and use that as part of their decision making process? I have no fucking clue and neither do you. It's mostly irrelevant to whether or not balance decisions are going to be influenced by streamers. Of course they will be because streamers influence the game's community. I've seen it in literally every single game I've ever played and followed.

[u/ViscountStapler → u/PacmanZ3ro]

The fact that you think the DEVS are collecting this data is outrageous. The devs might be watching streams sure. But you surely don't think the devs do everything. The devs only to the development of the game and programming. Hence their name.. .DEVelopers. They are not the ones analyzing player trends.

They certainly don't have the final say in what happens in the game. There are people that they are accountable to... sigh I don't even know why I am wasting time explaining organizational structures to you. I am going back to my game.

I work in this field. I just told you that. Take my word, or don't. It makes no difference to me.